synthetic

synthetic is a 9-letter English word with 8 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Alt. of Synthetical. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 17 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Alt. of Synthetical
2. noun. a compound made artificially by chemical reactions
3. adjective. of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts

   "`all men are arrogant' is a synthetic proposition"

   Synonyms: synthetical

4. adjective. systematic combining of root and modifying elements into single words
5. adjective. involving or of the nature of synthesis (combining separate elements to form a coherent whole) as opposed to analysis- P.S.Welch

   "limnology is essentially a synthetic science composed of elements...that extend well beyond the limits of biology"

   Synonyms: synthetical

6. adjective. not genuine or natural- George Will

   "counterfeit rhetoric that flourishes when passions are synthetic"

7. adjective. artificial as if portrayed in a film

   "a novel with flat celluloid characters"

   Synonyms: celluloid

8. adjective. not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially

   "man-made fibers"

   "synthetic leather"

   Synonyms: semisynthetic

Synonyms

synthetical, celluloid, semisynthetic

Common word forms

synthetics, synthetical, syntheticness

Words from these letters

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